Liberty Walk Builds at SEMA 2013

A showcase of the mega-popular Japanese super tuner

Wide, unmistakable and aggressive describes Liberty Walk, a tuner that today can do no wrong. Its
widebody builds took SEMA 2013 by storm and we tracked them down for your viewing pleasure.
Italian, JDM, Bavarian and Lamborghini, the LTMW presence touched on a range of popular worldwide
platforms. Some people might call its work sacrilege, but we like to call it amazing.

Below you will find a collection of Liberty Walk cars displayed at SEMA. Some have made the rounds
since car show season started earlier in the year and two were debuted for all to see in Vegas. There is
no question that the most buzzed about build at the show this year was the ridiculous Ferrari 458 Italia
seen below. Let us know which was your favorite in the comments section below.

Located in the Nitto Tires booth, the star of the show was unquestionably this Liberty Walk Ferrari 458.
Anyone who is willing to cut into the body of an Italian exotic has earned our respect. We were lucky
enough to speak with Wataru Kato, the man behind this rolling sculpture and the company, to gain
insight into the car.

Major modification include: Liberty Walk widebody kit, cut fenders and frame, lowered via suspension
upgrade, bumper, diffusor and ducktail plus a swapped front diffusor, and IPE exhaust. The Liberty Walk
kit will run you about $25000 and orders are already in place. Believe it or not, but build time on this car
was only about one week.

Would you do this to a Ferrari? Most don't have the guts, but we love that Liberty Walk takes no prisoners with its
bend the rules attitude.

Previously featured in the October issue of european car magazine we found this muscular M3 at the
Vortech booth. There are just some colors that don't pair, but we happen to love this flat grey and neon
green combination.

The air suspension lowers the ride height four inches while allowing for up to eight presets that can even
be used mid-driving. The top of the line Airlift system costs $3000-$4000 depending on how elaborate
you want to go with the air management system. The suspension was designed to be used both on
street and track, on par if not better than conventional coilover systems, according to Airlift.

Once we arrived at the Toyo Tire Treadpass car show outside of the SEMA convention center we were
greeted by this ultra-wide 328xi wagon. Not a full out LTMW build, this customer car was definitely
worth a second look.

Although there are currently no performance upgrades, the owner plans to conduct an extensive
drivetrain swap using either a 335i or 335d replacement. The body kit was heavily modified to fit. Every
piece was modified to fit and in some cases portions were completely remade as they didn't fit the
wagon chassis. Over 100 hours were spent on these changes. Now that's dedication.

Yet another previously featured car on our list. We saw this beefed up Murcielago at the LTMW Summer
Show earlier this year and were pleased to see it again at SEMA amongst its Liberty Walk brethren. Just
like the 458 mentioned above, this widebody Murcielago puts those willing to cut it up in a special club.

On our way back into the convention center we ran into yet another widebodied Liberty Walk BMW.
While this 335 doesn't feature any wild colors its 'out of my way' aggressive front end and menacing
wide body kept us interested.

HKS Premium Day is one of those events in the world that you absolutely must add to your Calendar. There is no other time or place in the world where you will find the very best built cars in Japan in one place at one time!

Over the course of three days, Jofel and I took our supercharged, widebody, ex-SEMA show car Scion FR-S on a 1125-mile road trip. A first for Targa Trophy, this MegaRun journey would take us across three states.

Few recent releases have had such an impact on the tuner industry as the Scion FR-S/Toyota GT86 and Subaru BRZ. One could argue this fun RWD platform saved the tuning scene - illustrated at Tokyo Auto Salon the past few years.